Jenn of 3 Dotters Garden House Tour

 I had a wonderful surprise last week.  My friend Jenn had a vintage sale, and everyone knows that Jenn has the best stuff.... but the loveliest part is that she invited me, while I was there, to sneak into the back yard and see the charming she-shed or garden house.

Jenn and I used to have a Vintage Flea Market together called Flea-o-logy, along with another talented antiquer, Cathie.  We went to Farm Chicks together once.  Later Jenn took us, and our friend Wendy to a California flea market.  Jenn always found the best stuff.

She loves vintage original florals, old cupboards and ironstone too.  And there they all are in her expansive garden house. (Her's is double the size of mine)

Stepping back you can see  more of her collection of paintings.

 Taking a picture in another direction shows even more.

The collection is charming.

She also loves the lovely art pottery flower pots from the thirties through the fifties.  I've collected them for years, but have only kept the white ones in my garden house, which has been mostly white.  I am now adding some color, so I might started adding the colored pots too.  Don't you love them?

Like most of us, Jenn has long been a fan of mannequins.  I thought the piano keyboard was a great addition to the vignette shown in one corner of her garden house.

 I saved this wonderful prefinished look upholstered couch for last.  Isn't it wonderfully charming?  I love the repurposed wood floor as well.  Her husband is a star.  He is amazing, and the best part is that he will build one for you, if you live somewhere around Utah County.  If you'd like to contact him, you can connect with her at her 3 dotters business page.

Here's a peak at the front porch of the garden house.

I hope you enjoyed your tour.

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Chawton Garden Cottage Gets a New Sign Board

 Today I thought I would share a little project I did over the weekend ... I put together a new sign for 'Chawton Cottage' ... the old sign had ...

faded badly in the year a half since it was put on the garden house.  I spent much of Saturday, between watching sessions of General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on TV, stripping the antique door header.  It had about eight layers of paint, and several thick chunks of paint were missing, so it would have look weird if I had just painted it.  I stripped it to smooth it out before painting it, but

 when I was done, I loved the multi-color levels of paint so much, I decided to skip the new paint.  After all, many of the windows that make up the garden house have shabby original paint.

Just as a reminder, the original Chawton Cottage is the house where Jane Austen did most of her writing!

I was very happy with how it turned out, in fact I like it better than the original sign that I put on the cottage when it was new in the late summer of 2012.  The letters are metal, and I think they will stay readable much long, at least I hope so.  Happy Spring everyone!!